The great bridge : the epic story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge

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The great bridge : the epic story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge

David McCullough

Simon & Schuster, 2012

  • : hardcover

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Originally published: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1972, reprinted with new preface by the author

"The 40th anniversary edition"--Jacket

Includes bibliographical references (p. [567]-578) and index

Contents of Works

  • Part one. The Plan
  • Man of Iron
  • The Genuine Language of America
  • Father and Son
  • Brooklyn
  • The Proper Person to See
  • The Chief Engineer
  • Part two. All According to Plan
  • Down in the Caisson
  • Fire
  • The Past Catches Up
  • How Natural, Right, and Proper
  • The Mysterious Disorder
  • The Heroic Mode
  • Part three. At the Halfway Mark
  • Spirits of 76
  • A Perfect Pandemonium
  • Number 8, Birmingham Gauge
  • The Gigantic Spinning Machine
  • Wire Fraud
  • Emily
  • The Man in the Window
  • And Yet the Bridge Is Beautiful
  • The People's Day
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix

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